branny

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Red and brown are tints only found in flours of low grade, because they are sure proofs of an undue proportion of branny or fibrous particles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

During the South African War of 1899-1902 the British army supply department had a practical proof of the diastasic action of branny particles in flour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

The scales may be fine and branny or as is most common, the skin peels in large particles.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

As the rash subsides the skin is left rough, and by degrees scales off, often in large flakes from the hands and feet, but elsewhere in a sort of branny scales.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles

At another time 1 1/2 grains of the drug gave rise to herpetic vesicles on the cheeks, followed by branny desquamation on elimination of the drug.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)